The STEP (Safety and Toxicity of Excipients for Paediatrics) database: Part 2 - The pilot version

International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Volumn 457, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 310-322

  Salunke, Smita ^a   Brandys, Barbara ^b   Giacoia, George ^c   Tuleu, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Chemicals; Children; Database; Excipients; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALCOHOL; ASPARTAME; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; EXCIPIENT; FOOD ADDITIVE; POLYSORBATE 80; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; SORBITOL;

ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY AND TOXICITY OF EXCIPIENTS FOR PEDIATRICS;

ACCEPTABLE DAILY INTAKE; ACTOR; ADI; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFSSAPS; AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE SÉCURITÉ SANITAIRE DES PRODUITS DE SANTÉ (FRENCH AGENCY FOR THE SAFETY OF HEALTH PRODUCTS); AGGREGATED COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY RESOURCE; CANADIAN CENTRE FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; CAS; CCOHS; CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE; CHEMICALS; CHILDREN; DATABASE; EFSA; ESIS; ESNEE; EUPFI; EUROPEAN CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES INFORMATION SYSTEM; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY; EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC FORMULATION INITIATIVE; EUROPEAN STUDY OF NEONATAL EXCIPIENT EXPOSURE; EXCIPIENTS; FDA; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENERALLY REGARDED AS SAFE; GRAS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ON CHEMICAL SAFETY; INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY; IPCS; IT; IUPAC; JECFA; JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM DATABASE; NLM; NRC; NTP; PHARMACOKINETICS/PHARMACODYNAMICS; PK/PD; SAFETY AND TOXICITY OF EXCIPIENTS FOR PAEDIATRICS; SMPC; STEP; SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; TOXICITY; UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR; UNITED STATES PAEDIATRIC FORMULATION INITIATIVE; URL; US PFI; WHO; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXCIPIENTS; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84888390347     PISSN: 03785173     EISSN: 18733476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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